Julian, What Were You Thinking?

Today while shopping in Wal-Mart with my husband I happened past a center aisle book rack.

I had no reason what so ever to stop there but something caught my eye. It was this.....

Yes, it's a book about  Downton Abbey. How could I resist browsing through its pages?  But do you see who I saw right there with all of our favorite characters?

Second from the left, ladies.

Oh yes, you see her now. It's Shirley Maclaine.

I nearly layed an egg right there in the store.

No! No! This can't be happening to my favorite program for all time. Well, nearly all time.

And that is why I'm asking Julian just what in the world were you thinking!

She's been cast as Cora's mother.

But frankly, I don't think Cora looks too happy about her as a mother. Do you?

Does this look like a happy face?

I don't think the Dowager looks very happy either.

I'm sure you've already gathered that I am not a big fan of Shirley Maclaine as an actress. However, in all fairness I'm going to withold any judgement until I've watched the whole program through.

Right now I'm just counting the days until Season 3 begins on January 6th. And I'm in great hopes that someone gives this evil couple their just rewards this time around! What do you think? Will they continue to get by with all their shenanigans?

I sure hope not!



 



 



 



 

 



 

A Child of the 50's

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When I spotted this record holder that I had received one Christmas, it brought back so many memories  of what life was like back in the 50's-60's.

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Do any of you remember when there was still the threat of the Cold War? Do you remember when we had the storm or bomb alarms where you had to either hide under your desk, or in my case, be gathered into the schools bomb shelter situated in it's basement?

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At my school we didn't use Elmer's glue. It was mucilage for all our craft projects!

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My elementary books contained stories like 'The Gift of the Maji', 'The Little Match Girl' and many other character building stories.

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Every porch in our neighborhood had one of these.

Just think how wonderful it would be to have your dairy products delivered right to your door! It also came in handy as a place to sit while watching the world go by or reading a book.

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And, of course, dear Elsie was the lady we had to thank for all of that good 'moo' juice'.

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Can you relate to any of my shared trips down memory lane? What memory stands out so vivid for you from one of your childhood Christmas?

Blessings-Kimberly

 



 

 







 

Bedrooms & Kitchens

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creative home 2004

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flea market style 2011

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Guinea Pigs

  Guinea Pig: a subject of research or testing

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Would you mind very much if I use you as a guinea pig? I set up a Pinterest page last night and I'm now collecting photos to display on my boards.  I have re-pinned many of them from others sites.

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But I've been unable to re pin from my own photo stash. So I'll try to grab them from here!

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As you can see, these photos are for my 'Beautiful

Bathrooms' board.

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The scanning turned out sort of fuzzy, but I think

one can still appreciate the decorating and design

ideas, fuzzy or not.

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This one is my favorite. I love the use of the old kitchen sink in the bathroom. And an old wardrobe just like the one I sold to a neighbor for $25 bucks around fifteen years ago. Ouch! It still hurts...

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Such a pretty color was used here. I like the funky old hangers for wall art too.

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Okay, I'll bore you no more! Wish me luck on uploading these. My friend, Dawn, at Creative Cain Cabin is working on attaching a Pinterest button for me to this blog. Thank goodness she's being such a good sport about helping me with it. I feel really clueless at times with this tech stuff. Oh well......

It's hard to imagine the weekend is here already.

I hope you enjoy yours!

Kimberly





 



 



 



 

 

Household Tip of the Day

 

  With the holiday season upon us we can expect that someone is going to just drop by without calling. You know, to bring us a tray of Christmas cookies

or a holiday gift.  This household tip will not only

give your guest an understanding of why the house

is so messy, but may also award you with a hot supper dish for your poor sickly self.

My own added tip of wisdom: 

Keep your housecoat handy to throw on.

It always helps to look the part!

Cheers-Kimberly

Another Simple Christmas Vignette

If you were a follower of mine last year you may remember this simple window vignette I threw together with my antiques medicine bottles.

This year I used the same three bottles, but I added

 a little sparkle this time by gluing a vintage Christmas print to a manila tag back and adding glitter.

If you like the tags here that I use you can find them at Karen's post today. She was kind enough to share these and several others. Her blog is The Vintage Bag Lady.

Look at this adorable little puppy dog that showed up for the Thanksgiving holiday at our home. Reece is nearly two and a half years old and he was so..much fun.





 

Reece looks just like our son did at his age and has the same sweet temperament. Clayton and Lauren are expecting again in February. So who knows, maybe a Valentine's day baby. This will make nine g'children for us! I don't think Tim and I ever would have imagined we'd have so many!

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Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, I'm feeling a little panicky about Christmas. We've got to make a decision about who to spend it with this year since none of the children will be making it to our home. I'm thinking maybe I should just put all of their names in a bowl and draw one!  

Now for all the parties I'm visiting:

Creative Cain Cabin

Alderberry Hill

Knick of Time Tuesday

 

Linda@Coastal Charm



 

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Christmas Past



  Only two days until Thanksgiving and then after that-let the Christmas decorating begin!

I decided to review my deco from Christmas's past.

Namely last year, since it was my first blogging Christmas to share with everyone.

My blogger friend, Dawn, is having a 'Christmas Decorating on a Budget' party. Now this project was just that. I found two empty jars in my pantry, filled them with pillow batting, then added a couple of Dollar Store trees and plastic figures I already had. Total cost was $2.26 for the trees.
Last year I added them to my holiday hot chocolate tray, but who knows where they'll go this year. I like to mix it up just a little each year, using some of the same things, just in a different way.
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I'm off now to party now!

Creative Cain Cabin

 

The Ivy Cottage

Alderberry Hill

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One Project Done...

 

I am so....glad to be finished with the painting! I really shouldn't complain since I only have

one small wall and one half wall to paint. The rest of the living room is log. But that doesn't stop me from doing it, since I do not like painting. Period!

I always like to display just a few of my favorite old

books.

 

It was near impossible to get a decent photo of this

Yukon memory wall.  I didn't want to invest in expensive shadow boxes, so I'm using matching

woven baskets for the displays.

This memory box contains an old dog sled team photo, a crueler from the Yukon Brewery, a hand-

made caribou Ulu, and a fungus specimen from my own back yard.

 



Displayed here are my beaded slippers made by a local Kluane Lake native, another antler, and a

map of Alaska were our youngest son and our DIL

 live and we've visited many times in recent years.

And one last wall vignette in the bedroom.

My next project is the halllway. It, too, is painted.

But I need to hang all the family photos yet. With

eight g'kids and another on the way, it won't be hard to fill the walls quickly.

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I've heard from our blogger friend, Sherri. Without

going into details, I want to share that she will be

requiring treatments as well as surgery for the cancer. Please continue to pray for her and her family as the journey is just beginning.

She's expressed to me what a comfort it is to know

 we're all praying for her.

Thanks-Kimberly